Appointment of Simon Commission in Colonial India

The present study in which contemporary sources, periodical journals and research based works were consulted and analyzed to have an objective look of the period under study (1927–1928), is an attempt to prove that the British colonial instinct was visible even when they dispatched Simon Commission to untie constitutional stalemate. British government's policy in India prior to India's emancipation for freedom was to keep India in perpetual subjection and at the same time the British also adopted the policy of constitutional doses to conciliate the Indians to arrest the prevailing discontent against the colonial government. The dispatch of Simon Commission consisting of all white persons in 1927 was also the part of the colonial strategy not to leave the control of Indian political life in the hands of Indian people. Non inclusion of the Indians in the Commission which was to prepare the report for envisaging the constitution of India was a great injustice with India. Not satisfying with its composition, India resorted to its boycott politically and socially. Colonial instinct was visible in its composition. Thus, the composition of Simon Commission was not as per the expectations and aspirations of Indian nationalists. Germs of the colonial instinct were discernible in its composition. Disguised attempt for constitutional installment disillusioned the patriotic Indians further and gave strong urge to the ever rising tide of nationalism to grow and mature further. The British move appeared to block the India's longing for freedom in which it failed bitterly.